During his impressive football career, Beni won the Swiss Championship and the Swiss Cup. He also played in the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, the European Championships and the World Cup, and was named Swiss Footballer of the Year in 2010. He retired from professional football in 2012, and is now in high demand as a speaker, as a coach, and as a football expert for SRF. Despite struggling early on following his retirement, his optimism and fighting spirit helped him overcome any obstacles in his way. A firm believer in the saying ‘nothing ventured, nothing gained’, the Basel man knows only too well that to achieve your goals, you have to take your future into your own hands.